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5. Multidisciplinary and Applied Science
5. Multidisciplinary and Applied Science
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Student Edition Recommended grade level: 7-8. Reading level: early 8.
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Other features include problemsolving challenges, science careerdescriptions, and science connections to real-world events or issues. The student edition closes with readings on 3 topics: (1)
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441-48, lists, by program or series, the individual titles annotated in the sections "Core Materials" and "Supplementary Units" in the five curriculum chapters. resource package contains the student edition and annotated teacher's editions of both the textbook and the lab manual, as well as a test book, an activity book, a review-andreinforcement guide, and English and Spanish audiotapes for auditory and language learners.
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Four major themes are incorporated in the program: energy, changes over time, systems and structures, and environmental interactions. Designed for students of different ability levels, the lessons are graded as "starting off," "going further," or "for the enthusiast." In addition to the student edition and teacher's manual, the program offers a variety of support materials.
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Program Resources and Support Materials A variety of support materials is available, including a resource pack with additional activities, chapter review tests, a mathand-science process skills program, and transparencies. Key to Content Starulards: 5-8 (see app.
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Dubuque, Iowa: KendalllHunt, 1994. Program Overview The Middle School Science and Technology series is a 3-year thematic program that integrates the life, earth, and physical sciences and emphasizes technology as a process for solving problems.
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Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1994. Program Overview The Middle School Science and Technology series is a 3-year thematic program that integrates the life, earth, and physical sciences and emphasizes technology as a process for solving problems.
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Program Resources and Support Materials A combination teacher's guide and resource book offers a 2week introductory unit for students 206 in cooperative learning. It also includes safety procedures, blackline masters, and other information designed to enhance the teaching of the program.
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Student Edition Recommended grade level: 8.. Reading level: middle 8.
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Program Resources and Support Materials A variety of support materials is available, including 6 student reference booklets-on elements and compounds, gases, chromatography, comporting, components of biomass, and field productivity. These booklets describe the use of instruments, suggest experimental designs, outline laboratory techniques, and provide additional information.
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Program Resources and Support Materials A teacher's handbook provides an overview of the Middle Grades Science program, an in-depth view of one of the lessons, and information on the alignment of the curriculum content with North Carolina's state science framework, with the National Research Council's National Science Education Standards, and with the Benchmarks of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A technology supplement provides sample science lessons that incorporate the use of technology; the supplement includes 1 lesson for the seventhgrade course.
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Program Resources and Support Materials A teacher's handbook provides an overview of the Middle Grades Science program, an in-depth view of one of the lessons, and information on the alignment of the curriculum content with North Carolina's state science framework, with the National Research Council's National Science Education Standards, and with the Benchmarks of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A technology supplement provides sample science lessons that incorporate the use of technology; the supplement includes 5 lessons for the eighthgrade course.
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Seven science themes are incorporated into the program; the themes are energy, evolution, patterns of change, scale and struc ., unit, teaching materials, ancillary student materials, and some optional components are available. Student Edition Recommended grade level: 7-8.
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A teacher's resource package contains the student edition and annotated teacher's editions of both the textbook and the lab manual, as well as a test book, an activity book, a review-andreinforcement guide, and English and Spanish audiotapes for auditory and language learners. Other available materials include interactive videodiscs, transparencies, assessment materials, English and Spanish guides for language learners, a study guide, a teacher's desk reference, 2~2 5.14 Prime Science: Level A
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It also provides chapter overviews, lesson notes, materials lists, safety requirements, blackline masters for student work, answers to student textbook questions, and sample assessment items with answers. A test bank is available on diskette.
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Student Edition Recommended grade level: 6-7. Reading level: middle 6.
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Supplementary Laboratory Manual The supplementary lab manual provides 39 additional investigationscomplete with set-up diagrams, data tables, and space for student responses-directly correlated with the information presented in the student textbook. For example, students construct a sextant and determine approximate latitude in degrees.
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Teacher's Edition The wraparound teacher's edition provides information on the conceptual and thematic development of each lesson; includes strategies to motivate, teach, assess, extend, and close each lesson; and provides multicultural perspectives, chapter organizers, ideas for student journal activities, and suggestions for student portfolios. Supplementary Laboratory Manual The supplementary lab manual provides 37 additional investigationscomplete with set-up diagrams, data tables, and space for student responses directly correlated with the information presented in the student textbook.
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Student Edition Recommended grade level: 8+. Reading level: middle 9.
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Program Overview The SciencePlus Technology and Society series consists of 3 year-long courses for middle school students. Each of the 3 textbooks-designated Level Green, Level Red, and Level Blue integrates the life, earth, and physical sciences and incorporates the program's 5 science themes: energy, systems, structures, changes over time, and cycles.
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Program Overview The SciencePlus Technology and Society series consists of 3 year-long courses for middle school students. Each of the 3 textbooks-designated Level Green, Level Red, and Level Blueintegrates the life, earth, and physical sciences and incorporates the program's 5 science themes: energy, systems, structures, changes over time, and cycles.
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Program Overview The SciencePlus Technology and Society series consists of 3 year-long courses for middle school students. Each of the 3 textbooks~esignated Level Green, Level Red, and Level Blue integrates the life, earth, and physical sciences and incorporates the program's 5 science themes: energy, systems, structures, changes over time, and cycles.
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Program Resource arm Support Materials A variety of support materials is available, including 8 teaching resource booklets (1 for each unit) with reproducible worksheets and assessment materials and the student "SourceBook." Other support materials include transparencies; a materials guide; instructions, barcodes, and worksheets for using Science Discovery, a videodisc program; audiocassette tapes in English and Spanish for each unit; a guide to special activities designed to introduce students to hands-on science; assessment checklists and rubrics; and a list of test items (test generator software is also available)
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. Program-Resources and Support Materials The course includes blackline masters for student investigations, a set of preprinted lesson plans, and 2 videodiscs.
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Program Overview The Science 2000 series is an integrated, multimedia science curriculum designed to introduce middle school students (grades 5 through 8) to 6 important themes of science: energy, evolution, patterns of change, scale and structure, stability, and systems and interactions.
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. Program Resources and Support Materials The course includes blackline masters for student investigations, a set of preprinted lesson plans, and 2 videodiscs.
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The teacher's guide includes a unit overview, the 17 lesson plans, an annotated bibliography, and reproducible masters. The module includes science background information, detailed instructions on planning for and conducting each activity, an extensive assessment component, and extensions for integration and enrichment.
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Teacher's Guide Recommended grade level: S-6. In Variables, students investigate the concept "variable" as they design and conduct their own experiments with pendulums, airplanes, boats, and catapults.
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LIenlo Park, Calif.: Innovative Learning Publications, 1995. Program Overview The Real-World Mathematics through Science series consists of 10 units for grades 6-8.
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Each activity includes an overview, background information, teaching procedures, discussion and assessment questions, and reproducible student sheets. In addition to the activities, which each require 2 per~ods of 40 to 50 minutes, Classifying Fingerprints includes links to careers, history, technology, and writing.
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· Materials (various sources from which one might obtain the required materials) Readers must contact publishers/suppliers for complete and up-todate listings of the program resources and support materials available for a particular unit.
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SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Populations, resources, and environments. Pnces: Student edition (ISBN 0-78721476-0)
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Three sections following the activities provide background reading and basic information on topics related to food production. Teacher's Guide Accompanying the activities in the teacher's guide are brief directions, along with ideas for class discussions, and extension activities.
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Each module includes a teacher's guide and a student book. Shulent Book Recommended grade level: S+.
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HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE: Nature r OI SC1enCe. Prices: Student edition (ISBN 0-78721486-8)
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The guide includes background information, directions for activities, discussion ideas, extensions, and reproducible blackline masters for student logbooks. Program Resources and Support Materials A video-History of Earth and a poster are available for use with this unit.
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Paces: Student edition (ISBN 0-59095538-1)
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It emphasizes the processes needed by students as they investigate, evaluate, and take action on STS issues. Student Edition Recommended grade level: 6-8+.
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They also locate and describe geological features above and below the ocean Program Resources and Support Materials The module also contains a poster, a large map of the ocean floor, several small maps, and complete materials for several games and simulations. A videotape~ea of Cortex Highlights is also available.
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In addition to the activities, the module contains background materials for the teacher, reproducible student worksheets and readings, resource lists, and a glossary. Program Resources and Support Materials The module also contains a poster and a topographic map of Hawaii.
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The guide includes background information, directions for activities, discussion ideas, extensions, and reproducible blackline masters. Program Resources aru]
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Four short reading sections at the end of the module provide limited background information on how packages are shaped to contain their products and to be stacked, on some of the basic science behind the most commonly used polymers in packaging, and on what is meant by "environmentally friendly" packaging. Teacher's Guide The wraparound teacher's guide includes a unit overview, a time line for completing the module, a materials list, background information, and teaching suggestions.
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Student Edition Recommended grade level: 7. In the module A Sunken Ship, students are involved in a simulation about salvaging the cargo on board a mythical ship that sank in the Atlantic Ocean 50 years ago.
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Three short reading sections at the end of the module provide limited background information on using a microscope and on the composition of fibers, as well as their characteristics. Teacher's Guide The wraparound teacher's guide includes a unit overview, a time line for completing the module, a materials list, background information, and teaching suggestions.
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During the activities in this 8-week unit, students identify the target market; gather and synthesize information; predict a plausible solution; design, develop, and test a prototype or potential design; and prepare for a presentation of their design ideas. Program Resources And Support Materials The teacher's guide is available separately or as part of a teacher's kit.
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Materials: Available locally, or from commercial suppliers. 244 ABOUT THE ANNOTATIONS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND APPLIED SCIENCE SCIENCE ACTIVITY BOOKS Entry Numbers Curriculum materials are arranged alphabetically by title in each category (Core Materials, Supplementary Units, and Science Activity Books)
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449-78 allow easy access to the information in this guide. Various aspects of the curriculum materials-including titles, topics addressed in each unit, and grade levels are the focus of seven separate indexes.
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, $12.84. Student edition (ISBN 0-8013-0348-6)
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Topics addressed include noise pollution, the use of dynamos for bicycle lights, industrial problems involving the transportation and dissolving of salt, the scientific principles involved in floating and sinking (a shipwreck is analyzed, coastline erosion, and the properties of hydrocarbons in pipelines. In the unit on condensation, for example, students explore the causes of condensation, design a simple dehumidifier, and evaluate commercial anticondensation systems.
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Forecastir~g the Future is designed to help students understand the science behind climate and global climate change. The first section of the guide includes a detailed narrative of scientific background, which may need to be interpreted or adapted for student use.
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Each activity requires 1 or 2 class sessions of 40 to 50 minutes and includes an overview, a materials list, background information, teaching procedures, discussion and assessment questions, and repro ducible student record sheets. Price: $18.95 (ISBN 0-201-49040-43.
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Each activity in this unit takes 45 to 60 minutes to complete. The guide includes background information for the teacher, summary outlines for each activity, extensions, assessments activities, and reproducible student pages.
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Also featured are contributions of 10 outstanding scientists and mathematicians for example, Lewis Latimer, Leon Roddy, and Mae Jemison. Among the activities, for example, students learn about and make an Egyptian carpenter's level.
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Each chapter addresses an aspect of the scientific method in detail through a structured sequence of readings, skill-building exercises, activities, practice problems, and self-assessments. In the chapter on analyzing experimental data, for example, students learn to distinguish among quantitative, qualitative, ratio, interval, ordinal, and nominal data.
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Recommended grade level: 5-8. Sciencewise, Book 2 is a resource guide containing 54 demonstrations and activities designed to develop students' creative-thinking, problemsolving, and "inventioneering" skills.
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In developing a working model of a toy powerboat, for example, students design, construct, and test their boat hulls and propulsion systems in technology class; they study Newton's laws of motion, as well as buoyancy and conservation of energy in science class; and they study symmetry, balance, volume, and surface area in mathematics class. Each activity includes a suggested sequence of instruction, background information, resources, teaching notes for the different components, questions to guide student discussion and thinking, reproducible student sheets, and links to standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
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Each idea or activity includes a very brief introduction to concepts, directions for experiments or activities, and black-and-white illustrations or diagrams to guide student work. Some of the activities are abstracted or adapted from various curriculum projects, including the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS)
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